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Shout-out to anyone with the courage to leave an abusive situation. You're a hero. -MD

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Thirty years of resentment,
still a victim of the cycle,
of circumstance, of a marriage.
She has to take the leap.

It seems like a lifetime ago,
two kids out starving on their own.
Ancient history
somehow seems even further away.

With a giant can of Krylon and a pawn shop ring,
he wrote the words in stone.

Thirty years of resentment,
still a victim of the cycle,
of circumstance, of the same man.

“You sit there in your fucking chair all day.
You say these words to me every single day.
I’m sure you’d find a way to
change for me, for a moment,
but I can’t.
Oh no, I can’t. I can’t. I can’t.”

It took her a lifetime to go,
five kids and a nice suburban home.
Mortgage was months behind.
Another problem, another time.

He pleads for her to stay for the sake of the children.
She said she wouldn’t stand for the humiliation.
He screams for the last time, “You’re wrecking a home.”
But there were always cracks in the foundation.

She thinks about him sometimes
and she cries when she thinks sometimes,
but she smiles for the first time.

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from Secret Holiday, released September 22, 2017
Clap-claps by Dave Lopez, Christina Bruce, Doug Nocito, Amber Kay and Michael Struening.

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RIP 2012 - 2017

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